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Therese Godefroy |
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Subject: |
www/proprietary malware-apple.html proprietary-... |
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Date: |
Wed, 10 Jul 2019 08:51:27 -0400 (EDT) |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Therese Godefroy <th_g> 19/07/10 08:51:27
Modified files:
proprietary : malware-apple.html
proprietary-surveillance.html proprietary.html
proprietary/workshop: mal.rec
Log message:
Remove Apple Bluetooth tracking (www-discuss 2019-07-10).
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/malware-apple.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.96&r2=1.97
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.284&r2=1.285
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.144&r2=1.145
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec?cvsroot=www&r1=1.118&r2=1.119
Patches:
Index: malware-apple.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/malware-apple.html,v
retrieving revision 1.96
retrieving revision 1.97
diff -u -b -r1.96 -r1.97
--- malware-apple.html 27 Jun 2019 07:06:34 -0000 1.96
+++ malware-apple.html 10 Jul 2019 12:51:25 -0000 1.97
@@ -507,17 +507,6 @@
<h3 id="surveillance">Apple Surveillance</h3>
<ul class="blurbs">
- <li id="M201906030">
- <p>Apple can <a
- href="https://www.macrumors.com/2019/06/03/apples-new-find-my-app/";>
- track iMonsters even when they are suspended</a>.</p>
-
- <p>This distributed bluetooth network is said to be
- “secure,” but it is obviously <em>not</em> secure from
- Apple or from governments that can command Apple's obedience (such
- as the US and China).</p>
- </li>
-
<li id="M201905280">
<p>In spite of Apple's supposed commitment to
privacy, iPhone apps contain trackers that are busy at night <a
@@ -783,7 +772,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/06/27 07:06:34 $
+$Date: 2019/07/10 12:51:25 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary-surveillance.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-surveillance.html,v
retrieving revision 1.284
retrieving revision 1.285
diff -u -b -r1.284 -r1.285
--- proprietary-surveillance.html 27 Jun 2019 09:05:11 -0000 1.284
+++ proprietary-surveillance.html 10 Jul 2019 12:51:25 -0000 1.285
@@ -494,17 +494,6 @@
</div>
<ul class="blurbs">
- <li id="M201906030">
- <p>Apple can <a
- href="https://www.macrumors.com/2019/06/03/apples-new-find-my-app/";>
- track iMonsters even when they are suspended</a>.</p>
-
- <p>This distributed bluetooth network is said to be
- “secure,” but it is obviously <em>not</em> secure from
- Apple or from governments that can command Apple's obedience (such
- as the US and China).</p>
- </li>
-
<li id="M201905280">
<p>In spite of Apple's supposed commitment to
privacy, iPhone apps contain trackers that are busy at night <a
@@ -2433,7 +2422,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/06/27 09:05:11 $
+$Date: 2019/07/10 12:51:25 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: proprietary.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/proprietary.html,v
retrieving revision 1.144
retrieving revision 1.145
diff -u -b -r1.144 -r1.145
--- proprietary.html 30 Jun 2019 08:02:47 -0000 1.144
+++ proprietary.html 10 Jul 2019 12:51:25 -0000 1.145
@@ -198,17 +198,6 @@
used for.</p>
</li>
- <li id="M201906030">
- <p>Apple can <a
- href="https://www.macrumors.com/2019/06/03/apples-new-find-my-app/";>
- track iMonsters even when they are suspended</a>.</p>
-
- <p>This distributed bluetooth network is said to be
- “secure,” but it is obviously <em>not</em> secure from
- Apple or from governments that can command Apple's obedience (such
- as the US and China).</p>
- </li>
-
<li id="M201905300">
<p>The Femm “fertility” app is secretly a <a
href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/30/revealed-womens-fertility-app-is-funded-by-anti-abortion-campaigners";>
@@ -218,6 +207,28 @@
<p>It snoops on users, too, as you must expect from nonfree
programs.</p>
</li>
+
+ <li id="M201905061">
+ <p>Amazon Alexa collects a lot more information from users
+ than is necessary for correct functioning (time, location,
+ recordings made without a legitimate prompt), and sends
+ it to Amazon's servers, which store it indefinitely. Even
+ worse, Amazon forwards it to third-party companies. Thus,
+ even if users request deletion of their data from Amazon's servers, <a
+
href="https://www.ctpost.com/business/article/Alexa-has-been-eavesdropping-on-you-this-whole-13822095.php";>
+ the data remain on other servers</a>, where they can be accessed by
+ advertising companies and government agencies. In other words,
+ deleting the collected information doesn't cancel the wrong of
+ collecting it.</p>
+
+ <p>Data collected by devices such as the Nest thermostat, the Philips
+ Hue-connected lights, the Chamberlain MyQ garage opener and the Sonos
+ speakers are likewise stored longer than necessary on the servers
+ the devices are tethered to. Moreover, they are made available to
+ Alexa. As a result, Amazon has a very precise picture of users' life
+ at home, not only in the present, but in the past (and, who knows,
+ in the future too?)</p>
+ </li>
</ul>
@@ -278,7 +289,7 @@
<p class="unprintable">Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2019/06/30 08:02:47 $
+$Date: 2019/07/10 12:51:25 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>
Index: workshop/mal.rec
===================================================================
RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/proprietary/workshop/mal.rec,v
retrieving revision 1.118
retrieving revision 1.119
diff -u -b -r1.118 -r1.119
--- workshop/mal.rec 30 Jun 2019 08:02:54 -0000 1.118
+++ workshop/mal.rec 10 Jul 2019 12:51:27 -0000 1.119
@@ -120,22 +120,6 @@
+ is collected by the company, there is no telling what it will be
+ used for.</p>
-Added: 2019-06-07
-Id: 201906030
-RT: www-discuss 2019-06-06 (Pol note)
-PubDate: 2019-06-03
-Target: proprietary-surveillance.html SpywareIniThings
-Target: malware-apple.html surveillance
-Keywords: macos ios
-Blurb: <p>Apple can <a
-+ href="https://www.macrumors.com/2019/06/03/apples-new-find-my-app/";>
-+ track iMonsters even when they are suspended</a>.</p>
-+
-+ <p>This distributed bluetooth network is said to be
-+ “secure,” but it is obviously <em>not</em> secure from
-+ Apple or from governments that can command Apple's obedience (such
-+ as the US and China).</p>
-
Added: 2019-06-01
Id: 201905300
RT: www-discuss 2019-05-30 (proprieraty various wrongs)
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